A rare insight into the heart of pro cycling and the inner workings of the peloton, from Team Sky and Ineos Grenadiers legend, Luke Rowe.There’s one well-established truth in professional cycling: the strongest always wins. Yet in a sport of champions, victory is only possible as a team. At the heart of that team effort, that unity, is the road captain.After more than a decade as the pre-eminent road captain in professional bike racing, Luke Rowe reveals he...

**Brought to you by Penguin.A rare insight into the heart of pro cycling and the inner workings of the peloton, from Team Sky and Ineos Grenadiers legend, Luke Rowe.**There’s one well-established truth in professional cycling: the strongest always wins. Yet in a sport of champions, victory is only possible as a team. At the heart of that team effort, that unity, is the road captain.After more than a decade as the pre-eminent road captain in professional bike racing,...

Bloomsbury presents The Accidental Tour-ist: (Final) Dispatches from the Road, written and read by Ned BoultingFROM THE WINNER OF THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2024 CYCLING BOOK OF THE YEAR: 1923Shortlisted for the Charles Tyrwhitt Sports Audiobook of the Year, 2026'A fascinating and inspiring book … An excellent read' – Phill Liggett MBEEmbark on a whirlwind (and ...

'A unique and funny writer with a true understanding of what it takes to make it as an elite cyclist' Chris BoardmanFurther immerses the reader in the world of endurance cycling as well-known former professional cyclist Michael Hutchinson talks to ultra-distance athletes, exercise scientists, nutritionists and psychologists - 'those who've done it and those who understand it'- as he unpicks both the physical and mental demands, attempts to understand the key to successful endurance...

Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2025A Sunday Times Best Book of 2025A Guardian Best Sports Book 2025A unique memoir from British cycling’s most fascinating competitor.In the summer of 2020, sportswriter David Walsh invited Pippa York began a series of journeys following the Tour de France. A nostalgic voyage through the world’s most competitive bike...

**Brought to you by Penguin.The final word on a record-breaking career from cycling's most formidable sprinter**Mark Cavendish is the stand-out British cyclist of our most golden generation. With his 35th Tour de France win in 2024, he became the outright all-time record holder for the most stage victories at the world's greatest cycling event. Breaking the record that had lasted for 48 years, Cavendish carved his name into history.In this definitive autobiography, ...

Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2025A Sunday Times Best Book of 2025A Guardian Best Sports Book 2025A unique memoir from British cycling’s most fascinating competitor.In the summer of 2020, sportswriter David Walsh invited Pippa York began a series of journeys following the Tour de France. A nostalgic voyage through the world’s most competitive bike...

'Back in 2012, everyone knew who Bradley Wiggins was. Everyone, that is, but me. Thirteen years after the summer that defined me, I have finally defined myself. The disguises have gone. I've made peace with myself.'Shortlisted for Autobiography of the Year at the 2026 Sports Book AwardsA WATERSTONES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025A GUARDIAN BEST SPORTS BOOK OF 2025A DAILY T...

'The fuel, the passion that had fired me throughout my career still burned. No work in the world could give me sensations like the ones I experienced in the saddle, winning bike races. I still adored it.'For all the once-in-a-generation talent and success shown throughout Mark Cavendish's record-breaking career and 35 Tour de France stage wins, his story is also one of struggle, sacrifice and the power of human determination. In his final word on an astonishing car...

'Back in 2012, everyone knew who Bradley Wiggins was. Everyone, that is, but me. Thirteen years after the summer that defined me, I have finally defined myself. The disguises have gone. I've made peace with myself.'Shortlisted for Autobiography of the Year at the 2026 Sports Book AwardsA WATERSTONES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025A GUARDIAN BEST SPORTS BOOK OF 2025A DAILY T...

**Brought to you by Penguin.How the world's best actors communicate with gravitas - and how you can, too.**Every time you deliver a speech, give a presentation, or simply tell a good story, you are taking centre stage. Here, one of the world’s leading voice coaches introduces the simple exercises that great actors use to hold people’s attention – and reveals how anyone speaking in public can use them.Drawing on 25 years working at London’s National Theatre, Jeannett...

The gripping and revealing autobiography of one of Britain's most successful international cyclists of the modern era'Getting in a break was my one chance of winning. The hard part was working out, again and again, how to make that chance count'Sharp, resourceful and a permanent outsider; for nearly 20 years Steve Cummings determinedly blazed his own winning trail in international cycling. A maverick who defied the dominant teams, to record a sequence of gloriously improbab...